2023 HallyuWiki Top 40 Courses: Continuously Beloved Travel Destinations in Korea + The Beginnings of Korean Movies and Korean Dramas, Set Locations- VISITKOREA

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  - Chungcheongnam-do
    
    Jeollanam-do
    
    Suncheon
    
    Buyeo
    
    Wando
    
    hallyu
    
    Iksan
Dive Into the World of K-Content
Wando & Suncheon, Jeollanam-do; Iksan, Jeollabuk-do; Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do

l Locations: Wando & Suncheon, Jeollanam-do; Iksan, Jeonbuk State; Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do

As Hallyu culture receives global attention, drama and movie filming locations are also becoming popular tourist attractions. One of the quintessential places for the Hallyu pilgrimage is the specially constructed set locations. Step into the heart-fluttering world of dramas and movies and capture a scene from your life.

Cheonghaepogu Filming Set

Located beside the sea, this filming location boasts a port. It became the leading shooting site for popular movies such as "The Admiral: Roaring Currents," "The Pirates," and the drama "The Slave Hunters." Experience wearing costumes with the beautiful South Sea and traditional Korean villages as a backdrop, play traditional folk games, and participate in agricultural ecology experience programs.
Cheonghaepogu Filming Set
Address: 1161-8 Cheonghaejinseo-ro, Wando-eup, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (전라남도 완도군 완도읍 청해진서로 1161-8)
Inquiries: +82-61-555-4500
Operating hours: Summer 08:00-19:00 / Winter 08:00-17:30
Website: http://www.wandoro.co.kr/
Suncheon Drama Filming Location
Photo Credit: Suncheon Drama Filming Location

Korea's most prominent film and drama set vividly reproduces the appearance of Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s. Walking through the streets reminiscent of 60's Suncheon, 70's Bongcheon-dong in Seoul, and 80's outskirts of Seoul, one feels as if they've become a character from a film. Over 80 works, including the drama "The Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938" and "Pachinko," have been filmed here.
Suncheon Drama Filming Location
Address: 24 Biryegol-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do (전라남도 순천시 비례골길 24)
Inquiries: +82-61-749-4003
Operating hours: 09:00-18:00
Website: https://www.suncheon.go.kr/tour/tourist/0005/
Iksan Prison Set
It is the only prison set in Korea made for movie filming. Dramas like "Delightfully Deceitful" and " Divorce Attorney Shin" and movies like "Tazza" and "Miracle in Cell No. 7" were filmed here. Although the set was built using a closed school, shooting photos in places like the court, solitary confinement, interrogation rooms, and torture chambers can feel eerie. Renting costumes and becoming a correctional officer or inmate provides a more realistic prison experience.
Iksan Prison Set
Address: 207 Hamnang-ro, Seongdang-myeon, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do (전북특별자치도 익산시 성당면 함낭로 207)
Inquiries: +82-63-859-3836
Operating hours: Summer 09:00-18:00, Winter 09:00-17:00 / Closed Mondays
Website: https://www.iksan.go.kr/tour/index.iksan

Seodongyo Theme Park

Initially created as a filming location for the drama "Ballad of Seodong," it later became the backdrop for various historical dramas including "Love in the Moonlight," "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo," and many more. With K-content's popularity, this shooting location produced series like “The Forbidden Marriage” and “Under the Queen's Umbrella” consecutively. Tourists can enjoy experience programs such as writing with brush pens, arrow throwing, kicking jegi, swinging, and Samulnori, to experience how Princess Sunhwa might have felt in the picturesque Baekje dynasty landscape.
Seodongyo Theme Park
Address: 616 Chungsin-ro, Chunghwa-myeon, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도 부여군 충화면 충신로 616)
Inquiries: +82-41-832-9913
Operating hours: Summer 09:00-18:00, Winter 09:00-17:00
Website: http://www.buyeofmc.or.kr/?MenuID=17